Inventory of the Jean Graham Alinsky papers. No online items

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1 No online items Processed by Jill Golden. Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Phone: (650) Fax: (650) Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved

2 Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: Jill Golden Date Completed: 2012 Encoded by: Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Jill Golden Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Title: Jean Graham Dates: Collection Number: Creator: Alinsky, Jean Graham Collection Size: 6 manuscript boxes(2.4 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, legal and financial papers, memoranda, press releases and printed matter, relating to the career of Saul Alinsky as a radical and organizer of impoverished communities in the United States. Includes published writings and a few papers of Saul Alinsky. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: In English Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jean Graham, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Related Materials Eric Hoffer papers, Hoover Institution Archives Fred Ross papers, Special Collections, Stanford University Industrial Areas Foundation records, Special Collections, University of Illinois, Chicago Saul David Alinsky collection, Trinity College Library 1916 May Born Jean La Verne Graham, New York

3 1938 B.A., Vassar College 1942 Married Frederick Schick January 1948 Divorced Frederick Schick Circa 1951 Assistant, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1952 May Married Saul Alinsky in Spartanburg, South Carolina Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis Circa 1964 Moved to Carmel, CA 1967 Honorary Chair, Help the Children Committee 1969 Divorced Saul Alinsky 1999 Died, Monterey, CA Scope and Content of Collection The papers contain Jean Graham Alinsky's memoirs of her marriage to Saul Alinsky. Correspondence, legal papers, memoranda, reports, and printed matter relate to the career of Saul Alinsky as an organizer of impoverished communities in the United States. Organizational records from the Industrial Areas Foundation as well as a few personal papers of Saul Alinsky are also included. In a 1983 letter, Jean Graham Alinsky wrote that she was "determined to write a biography" of her second husband Saul Alinsky (Box 1, Folder 28). The bulk of the Jean Graham Alinsky file consists of Jean's research materials for her Saul Alinsky biography, including extensive clippings, as well as her personal memoirs and biographical writings on Saul Alinsky (Box 2). These writings, compiled from , are in fragments with several sections and pages missing. Except for two letters received from Saul Alinsky, the correspondence file consists mainly of holiday cards, personal letters from unidentified friends, and a few pieces of legal correspondence. The Saul Alinsky file contains a few writings of Saul Alinsky as well as some records from the Industrial Areas Foundation, a Chicago-based organization founded by Alinsky in Arrangement The collection is arranged into two series: Jean Graham Alinsky file and Saul Alinsky file. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Radicalism--United States. Community organization--united States. Alinsky, Saul David, Box: 1-5 JEAN GRAHAM ALINSKY FILE Contains biographical materials, memoirs, essays, correspondence, and printed matter, mainly on the life and career of Saul Alinsky and her own battle with multiple sclerosis. Arrangement Arranged by physical form. Biographical file Box/Folder: 1 : 1 Birth certificate 1916 Box/Folder: 1 : 2 Vassar College diploma 1938 Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Frederick Schick divorce papers 1948 Box/Folder: 1 : 4 Jean Graham and Saul Alinsky marriage certificate 1952 Certified copy from 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 5 Kathryn and Lee David Alinsky adoption records 1952 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Clippings ,

4 JEAN GRAHAM ALINSKY FILE Biographical file Box/Folder: 1 : 7 YMCA award certificate 1966 Box/Folder: 1 : 8 Saul Alinsky divorce papers Box/Folder: 1 : 9 Vassar Class of 1938 questionnaire circa 1972 Box/Folder: 1 : 10 Conservatorship papers Includes copy of Saul Alinsky's death certificate Box/Folder: 1 : 11 Photograph of Jean Graham Alinsky 1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 12 Address book and calendar 1980s, undated Correspondence , Except for two letters from Saul Alinsky, consists of holiday cards and letters received from friends and a small amount of legal correspondence. Box/Folder: 1 : Undated Includes one letter from Saul Alinsky Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Includes one letter from Saul Alinsky Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Box/Folder: 1 : Writings 1950s-1984 Box/Folder: 2 : 1 "Embezzlement as a Fine Art" 1950s Box/Folder: 2 : 2-3 Notes 1960s-1980 Box/Folder: 2 : Memoirs of marriage to Saul Alinsky, fragments circa Box/Folder: 2 : 15 Untitled essay on New Paltz, New York 1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 16 Untitled essay on Rules for Radicals 1981 Subject file Alinsky, Saul Box/Folder: 2 : 17 Undated Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 :

5 JEAN GRAHAM ALINSKY FILE Subject file Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 2 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 3 : Box/Folder: 4 : Box/Folder: 4 : Box/Folder: 4 : Box/Folder: 4 : Box/Folder: 4 : Box/Folder: 4 : Box/Folder: 4 : 8 Anthropology Box/Folder: 4 : 9 Archaeology Box/Folder: 4 : 10 Architecture 1960s-1980s Box/Folder: 4 : Brussell, Mae , Includes copies of Brussel's World Watchers International newsletter Box/Folder: 4 : 13 Chicago (Ill.) Box/Folder: 4 : 14 Citizens Action Program 1973 Box/Folder: 4 : 15 Environmentalism circa 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 16 Fort Ord (Calif.) 1969 Relates to mutiny trial Box/Folder: 4 : 17 Judaism 1967, 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 18 Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore) 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 19 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1979 Box/Folder: 4 : 20 King, Martin Luther 1961, 1982 Box/Folder: 4 : 21 Ku Klux Klan Box/Folder: 4 : Multiple sclerosis Box/Folder: 5 : 1 Plath, Sylvia 1965 Box/Folder: 5 : 2 Poetry 1970s Box/Folder: 5 : 3 Reagan, Ronald, 1984 Box/Folder: 5 : 4-8 Miscellaneous clippings 1960s-1984 Box: 5-6 SAUL ALINSKY FILE Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, and printed matter. Arrangement Arranged by physical form. Box/Folder: 5 : 9 Correspondence Includes two poems in honor of Alinsky

6 SAUL ALINSKY FILE Organizations file Organizations file Box/Folder: 5 : 10 Community Service Organization 1960 Industrial Areas Foundation Box/Folder: 5 : 11 Circulars Box/Folder: 5 : 12 Letters received Memoranda Box/Folder: 5 : 13 Nicholas von Hoffman to Saul Alinsky on the Grand Boulevard Project 1957 Box/Folder: 5 : 14 Saul Alinsky to Robert T. Dunn on the Chelsea Community Council 1960 February 10 Box/Folder: 5 : 15 Saul Alinsky on articles in Christian Century magazine 1960 November 30 Box/Folder: 5 : 16 Saul Alinsky on articles in The Chicago Sun Times 1961 April 12 Box/Folder: 5 : 17 Craig Heverly on meeting with Chicago Housing Committee 1962 Box/Folder: 5 : 18 Publications Includes Action to Equality of Opportunity Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Reports Includes annual report from 1960 and position paper on the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity Speeches and writings Box/Folder: 5 : 20 Reveille for Radicals, University of Chicago Press 1946 Copy inscribed by Saul to Jean Box/Folder: 6 : 1-3 Notes and outlines 1950s-1960s Box/Folder: 6 : 4 Untitled essay on intellectuals undated Box/Folder: 6 : 5 Untitled essay on welfare workers undated Box/Folder: 6 : 6 "Idea Notes on the Day We Took Christmas" undated Box/Folder: 6 : 7 "Note on the Democratic Process" undated Box/Folder: 6 : 8 "On Public Housing and Urban Renewal" undated Box/Folder: 6 : 9 "The Crime of Crime Prevention," address to the California Democratic Council Convention and Issues Conference 1961 March 4. Box/Folder: 6 : 10 "Citizen Participation and Community Organization in Planning and Urban Renewal," address to the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials 1962 January 29 Box/Folder: 6 : 11 "The War on Poverty: Political Pornography," The Journal of Social Issues 1965 January Box/Folder: 6 : 12 "Of Means and Ends," Union Seminary Quarterly Review 1967 January Rules for Radicals file Box/Folder: 6 : 13 "Note for Chapter on Self-Interest," circa 1968 Box/Folder: 6 : 14 "The Purpose," chapter draft, circa 1970 Box/Folder: 6 : 15 Rules for Radicals, Vintage Books, 1972 Box/Folder: 6 : 16 John L. Lewis: An Unauthorized Biography, Vintage Books 1970 Box/Folder: 6 : 17 The Professional Radical: Conversations with Saul Alinsky, Harper and Row